West Leake

Infobox UK place
official_name= West Leake
country= England
region= East Midlands
shire_district= Rushcliffe
shire_county= Nottinghamshire
civil_parish= West Leake
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population= 110
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latitude= 52.83311
longitude= -1.2203
post_town= LOUGHBOROUGH
postcode_area= LE
postcode_district= LE12
dial_code= 01509
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West Leake (pronEng|wɛst liːk) is a small village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. It is on the Kingston Brook, between East Leake (to the east) and Kingston to the west. The parish church is St. Helena's Church, West Leake [ [http://southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/w04/hhistory.html West Leake - History] ] .

It is sufficiently small that it has a parish meeting rather than a parish council. Its population has declined from an 1853 estimate of 190 [ [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/WestLeake/ GENUKI: West Leake] ] when the village was owned by Lord Middleton to around 110 [ [http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/doc.asp?catid=9576 West Leake Conservation Area - Rushcliffe Borough Council] ] in 2007.

The origin of Leake appears to be Laeke (Old Norse - brook or stream), and is consistent with West Leake's position in the heart of the Danelaw.

One of the earliest mentions of East and West Leake is in the Domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands given to Henry de Ferrers "Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration". London: Penguin, 2003. p.779 ISBN 0-14-143994-7] by the King. The land required 21 ploughs in total, there was a mill and a church and it was valued at seven pounds.

A Dew pond is situated on the hill above the village towards West Leake hills.

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